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This is a good book. Enjoyed it. @willwiles.bsky.social

submitted 54 days ago • 1 comment

Post! @willwiles.bsky.social

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Countries should stop fearing Putin & Russia. Russian campaign in Ukraine has achieved pitiful gains compared to the carnage wrought on Rus military and economy. It's really a disaster for Putin, he will try to play it as a win and people will believe it because of the state controlled media.

submitted 89 days ago • 0 comments

🧵 I want to follow up this earlier thread by examining why the USA finds itself in the state it does at the moment; the process of disordered discourse capturing state institutions and how it inevitably results in a slide towards authoritarianism, a process we're seeing unfold before our very eyes.

submitted 97 days ago • 102 comments

As well as quitting X, I am now committing to only buying books from independent publishers this year, no more Amazon. The first one is on its way!

submitted 97 days ago • 0 comments

Current scenes in Tottenham, North London. Just down the road from the local Tesla showroom.

submitted 97 days ago • 22 comments

🚨GIVEAWAY🚨 We have 5 copies of the brilliant new short story collection from @liamjhogan.bsky.social to give away. For your chance to win a copy, simply like and share on here or Twitter by midnight on Friday, and we'll announce the winners Saturday. Good Luck! #giveaway #Giveaways #prize

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Let’s go for it! Tell everyone you know to join @bsky.app and TOGETHER let’s send them packing

submitted 101 days ago • 273 comments

Trump’s Deal-Making Psychology: 🔹 Escalate first – Pressure for leverage. 🔹 Win/Lose mindset – No real compromise. 🔹 Optics > substance – Headlines matter. 🔹 Unpredictable & personal attacks – Keep opponents off balance. 🔹 Prefers 1-on-1 deals – Controls the narrative. 🔹 Threats & brinkmanship

submitted 105 days ago • 1 comment

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

submitted 106 days ago • 0 comments

Polish PM Donald Tusk, speaking before his flight to London for the European Ukraine summit: “500 million Europeans are asking 300 million Americans to defend them against 140 million Russians. [...] Europe today lacks the belief that we are truly a global force.”

submitted 107 days ago • 27 comments

www.democracydocket.com/opinion/my-o...

submitted 114 days ago • 0 comments

Please share this fact sheet on Ukraine with anyone who needs it understandingwar.org/backgrounder...

submitted 115 days ago • 136 comments

Sorry. Catching up. Americans are on Putin’s side now, and also a monarchy? Okay, sure. I expect it’s what the Founders intended.

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Have written about JD Vance’s Munich speech. In what may prove to be the biggest week for European security since 1991, it’s time Europe listened to what Trump and his Vice President are telling us. open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...

submitted 122 days ago • 157 comments

In January 2021, during the third national lockdown, I pulled into this deserted pub car park to turn the van round and found a lamppost and a bin engaged in lively conversation while they thought no one was looking. Incredible.

submitted 151 days ago • 28 comments

Trump throwing Starmer a bone here, but also showing some daylight between him and Musk. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 143 days ago • 0 comments

If EU leaders want to stop Musk, shut his Berlin car plant down and see how fast he stops interfering in EU politics. Musks 'wealth' is mostly because of Tesla stock.

submitted 143 days ago • 1 comment

He died as he lived, clicking “Forgot password,” then checking his inbox for a code, then putting in that code, then setting up two-step verification, and then waiting for the text message that doesn’t come, and then calling the 800 number, and then downloading an authenticator app, and dying.

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